Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 191

Fingers crossed Wallis is just worrying over nothing.

We’ve plunged into the weekend amidst all the hustle and bustle.

Since I had fallen behind on work for a while, I stuck to my guns and chose to work overtime, as usual.

But halfway through, I got this urgent call out of the blue.

“Are you Jason’s next of kin? Please come to the city hospital right away.”

My heart skipped a beat when I heard that question, and I blurted out, “What’s happened to Jason?

“He’s got a leg injury, and he can barely make heads or tails of what he’s saying. What are your doing still standing there? Get over here, pronto!”

Leg injury? My mind went blank at those words; without hanging around, I bolted from my office.

An hour later, I saw Jason at the ER, whose leg was all wrapped up in bandages.

a decade overnight, and looked lost. Dark circles under his eyes almost told that he hadn’t slept a wink, and his eyes

the one who was hurt.

that, I felt my nose tingled, and I nearly burst into tears,

confused and tried to

over, all heartache, and asked,

me nervously and cautiously

was obviously

gave me the once–over, and said, “You’re the patient’s family, huh? What’s the deal here? You

that the heavy object hadn’t damaged his bones did I breathe a sigh of

Jason is a security guard. How on earth did he end up getting stabbed in the

him, Jason hemmed and hawed.

got a bit harsher, “Are you keeping something

Jason was about to spill the beans, a piercing and somewhat tacky voice cut

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my, Jason, heard you were hurt. How bad

familiar voice, I’d heard it somewhere